Fire Linked?

[Samp]

I have a quick question. In the core book it talks about fire linked weapons. The example they give is the X-wing with its 6D total. I assume that means that each time it fires it does 6D damage, and all 4 guns shoot at once.

The problem I have is the Z-95 headhunter. It has 2 fire linked triple blasters. They do 3D damage. So is that just 3D damage total? That seems kind of a small amount of damage. Here are the stats for the headhunter:

Type: Multi-purpose starfi ghter
Scale: Starfi ghter
Length: 11.8 meters
Skill: Starfi ghter piloting: Z-95
Crew: 1
Crew Skill: Starfi ghter piloting 3D+2, starship gunnery
3D+2, starship shields 3D+1
Cargo Capacity: 85 kilograms
Consumables: 1 day
Cost: 45,000 (used)
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 7
Atmosphere: 400; 1,150 km/h
Hull: 4D
Shields: 1D
Sensors:
Passive: 15/0D
Scan: 25/1D
Search: 40/2D
Focus: 1/2D

Weapons:
2 Triple Blasters (fi re linked)
Fire Arc: Front
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-5/10/17
Atmosphere Range: 100-500/1/1.7 km
Damage: 3D

Concussion Missiles
Fire Arc: Front
Skill: Missile weapons: concussion missiles
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1/3/7
Atmosphere Range: 30-100/300/700 m
Damage: 7D

[Gry Sarth]

Yeah, that's exactly what it means, both cannons firing together do 3D damage. Understand that the Z-95 is a pretty old and somewhat crappy starfighter, so it's really not powerful at all.
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[Matthias777]

I always thought that the damage was too low, really. But that's the way it was statted out. While it is old and second-rate compared to anything newer, it's still supposed to be somewhat viable in space combat. It just seems that 4D would make more sense, and still be far below the damage of, say, an X-wing or TIE fighter.
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[masque]

In the EU stuff, there was a very long series of developments for the headhunter, usually improving on the older models. You can always improve the stats and call it a later model.
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[noctum_carpe]

Or had them update the trippleblasters for something else.
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[garhkal]

That to me is why the damage is so low, since they are just triple blasters, not laser cannons.
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[masque]

Wookieepedia has a pretty detailed entry on the Headhunter, along with a list of armaments in the sidebar. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Z-95_Headhunter

The Mark I is the one with the swing wings, bubble canopy, and the triple blasters, along with 2 concussion missile launchers. This is the kind Han uses in Han Solo at Star's End, while defending Doc's base. It also gives a description of a later version, the Z-95-AF4 has two fire-linked KX5 laser cannons, (same as the Y-Wing) as well as one concussion missile launcher. This is the version that looks like an X-Wing in cruise mode.

So I'd just use the later version, myself.
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[Samp]

Thanks for the help. I was playing with my bro to help balance a encounter I was thinking of using (or at the very least have ready in case the need arises) and it just seemed like the headhunter was useless against the YT-2400 (4D hull 1D shield).

I think I will try to use a later version. At the very least I might bump the damage to 4D and call it a modified version. I don't want to kill the party, but I don't want them to feel invincible.

Also the party does not have much added to the flying tech skills, so I wanted something that would not be impossible for someone with only 3D in tech to hit.

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Oh wow, I didn't know it was pre-clone war. That ship has some darn good longevity.

[masque]

[Golbez]

[Matthias777]

[Gry Sarth]

Actually, I think masque was referring to the YT-1300s seen landed on the Naboo spaceport in Episode II. The Millenium Falcon is only seen in Ep3, and thus, at the end of the clone wars.
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